Trends · data through September 2026

Gift Shops in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 240 stores from 178 gift shop chains in North Carolina. Miniso grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Earthbound Trading Co. and Super Wings.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
178
Tracked stores
240
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked gift shop chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Miniso and Earthbound Trading Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Miniso logo Miniso ▲1 +16.7%
2 E Earthbound Trading Co. - -7.2%
3 S Super Wings - -8.7%
4 T The Trading Post ▼1 -16.7%
5 C Cotton Gin ▲1 -18.0%
6 P Painted Tree Boutiques logo Painted Tree Boutiques - -45.6%
7 B Banner's Hallmark Shop logo Banner's Hallmark Shop ▼1 -98.5%
  • Super Wings
  • Hallmark
  • Hyatt Coins
  • Cape Fear Games
  • Parrot Bay
  • Charlotte's Landing
  • Painted Tree Boutiques
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

240 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Super Wings (13)
  • Hallmark (27)
  • Hyatt Coins (1)
  • Cape Fear Games (1)
  • Parrot Bay (2)
  • Charlotte's Landing (1)
  • Painted Tree Boutiques (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hallmark logo Hallmark 27
  • 2 S Super Wings 13
  • 3 E Earthbound Trading Co. 5
  • 4 P Painted Tree Boutiques logo Painted Tree Boutiques 4
  • 5 B Banner's Hallmark Shop logo Banner's Hallmark Shop 3
  • 6 C Cotton Gin 3
  • 7 T The Trading Post 3
  • 8 M Miniso logo Miniso 3
  • 9 S Sunsations logo Sunsations 2
  • 10 S Swoozie's logo Swoozie's 2
  • 11 S Southern Charm 2
  • 12 P Parrot Bay 2
  • 13 P Pacific Beachwear 2
  • 14 I If It's Paper 2
  • 15 L Lynn's Hallmark Shop 2
  • 16 C Clayton General Store 2
  • 17 B Beach Bums 2
  • 18 O Old Sport & Gallery 1
  • 19 L Lisa's Boutique 1
  • 20 M Monster Coin 1
  • 21 Q Quintessentials 1
  • 22 T The Rumor Mill Market 1
  • 23 C Carolina Coins and Gold 1
  • 24 C Chris's Cards & Collectibles 1
  • 25 C Carolina Cards & Collectibles 1
  • 26 H Hallmark Creations 1
  • 27 V Victoria-Cole Gifts & Collectibles 1
  • 28 S Southern Chic's Treasures 1
  • 29 T The Garden Room 1
  • 30 T The Merchant 1
  • 31 M Mary & Co Gifts 1
  • 32 N Nancy Tut's Christmas Shop 1
  • 33 S Shamrock's Buzzy Bee 1
  • 34 B Between The Lines 1
  • 35 S Sacred Chakra 1
  • 36 C Country Junction 1
  • 37 I Island Sports Cards 1
  • 38 C Cowee Gift Shop & Mason Mountain 1
  • 39 K Kites Unlimited and Bird Stuff 1
  • 40 T The Mercantile 1
  • 41 T The Lemon Tree Shop & Café logo The Lemon Tree Shop & Café 1
  • 42 T The Catholic Company logo The Catholic Company 1
  • 43 C Creative Designs Flowers & Gifts 1
  • 44 T Traveler's Moon 1
  • 45 N NC Mountain Made 1
  • 46 I Independence Coin 1
  • 47 W White Eagle Crafts 1
  • 48 H High Country Souvenir 1
  • 49 E Earthbound Arts 1
  • 50 G Gem Mint Twins Sports Cards 1

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